[mythtv-users] MythTV on Raspberry PI 2...

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 9:50 PM, jedi <jedi at mishnet.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 05:36:31PM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
....
>> is it stealing if you use code from GPL2 project and add it to another
>> GPL2 project?
>
>     Not really. They even teach us the value of code reuse in school. '-)

More to the point, absolutely allowed, as long as
you use proper attribution (claiming the work as
your own would be stealing).  GPL allows, and
even encourages, one to stand on the shoulders of
those before you.

And while it is a simplified interpretation, GPL
does that by the rule of (copyright) law, which
says that the creator has the ability to define
how you may use their content.  And with GPL,
you may freely reuse code, as long as you
agree to further share your works and include
the (original) copyright statement (content
creator), because that is how the creator of
the work assigned your rights.